By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A woman was arrested and charged with poisoning her boyfriend after he found a bleach tablet in his teacup.
Ivette Diaz, 49, from Miami-Dade County, was arrested Friday on a charge of poisoning food or water, an arrest report said.
Authorities allege the incident happened Feb. 20 when the couple, who have been living together for about three years, were at their home off Southwest 158th Place.
According to NBC News, Diaz’s boyfriend made himself a meal and some tea, then walked outside to call his employer.
He came back inside and offered Diaz a bite of his tortilla meal, which she accepted, the report said.
But when she exclaimed how spicy it was and he offered her his cup of tea, she adamantly declined.
The boyfriend took a large gulp from his cup and his throat started to immediately burn, and then he noticed a strong smell of bleach coming from the cup and poured it in the sink.
He then looked in the cup and found the remnants of a concentrated bleach tablet he usually uses for dissolving into 5 gallons of water.
“There’s bleach in this drink! Did you put bleach in my drink?” he asked Diaz.
“I thought it was sugar,” was her response, according to the report.
The boyfriend was immediately taken to Homestead Hospital for treatment.
The report noted that the sugar was in powder form and kept in an upper kitchen cabinet, while the tablets are kept under the kitchen sink.
Stonix News reports that Diaz was arrested and booked into jail.
Diaz’s landlord told our source, NBC Miami, that he watched as police took her into custody.
“I don’t know what happened with them, because they look like a beautiful, very happy couple.
“When police was here, he went to the hospital. She was in the police car about 3-4 hours. They were waiting for the detective to come to the property,” the landlord said.
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